fund

Provide capital for

A fund is a sum of money set aside for a specific purpose: a retirement fund, an emergency fund, a scholarship fund.

Organizations that manage such money are also called funds: hedge funds, mutual funds.

To fund something is to provide money for it: The project was funded by private donors.

In the plural, funds simply means available money: I'm low on funds right now.

finance

capital

Wealth used for investment

liquidity · revenue · budget · expenditure · treasury · coffers · resources · pool · principal · appropriation

charity

philanthropy

Generous giving for others

grant · relief · humanitarian · welfare · aid · benevolence · patronage · scholarship · fellowship · benefaction

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

equities · mutual · index · dividends · hedge · pension · trust · ETF · capital · asset

savings

reserve

Supply kept back

accumulation · buffer · kitty · piggybank · stash · emergency · college · sinking · escrow · earmarking

support

backing

Aid or sponsorship

underwriting · contribution · assistance · bolstering · sustenance · reinforcement · promotion · endorsement · encouragement

Categories
Opposites
financial action

funddefund

Remove financial support

divest · withdraw · disendow · spend · deplete

resource status

funddeficit

Amount still owed

debt · liability · debts · liabilities · shortage

financial obligation type

funddebt

Money owed another

liability · debts · liabilities · indebtedness · obligation

Phrases
Family

funds, funding, refund, fundamental, defund, funded, fundraiser, fundamentally, funder

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